- Bill Caswell
Bill Caswell is a
country music singer-songwriter andmusician active since the early 1980s. Together with his wife Rosi Caswell, the duo fromBartlesville, Oklahoma perform on rare old style instruments including theukelin ,mandolin-guitar ,bell-harp , andtremeloa . In the 1980s he performed his music on television in "Hee Haw " and on live radio in "A Prairie Home Companion ". The two together performed atDollywood inGatlinburg, Tennessee for five seasons.Bill began his career in the early 1980s as a songwriting protégé of
Rodney Crowell and developed a reputation as one of the best songwriters in the business. Working for Tree Record, as a staff writerIn 1983, Bill Caswell appeared along with Crowell on the
PBS music television program "Austin City Limits " for a "Songwriters Showcase" episode. [ [http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/artists/program220.html Songwriters Showcase with Rodney Crowell, John Prine & Friends] , "Austin City Limits", 1983]Bill co-wrote some songs with other top country songwriters, such as
Alan Rhody , with "Just When" which was recorded byGeorge Jones on his 1985 album "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes? ", and "Somebody To Care", recorded byTanya Tucker on her 1986 album "Girls Like Me ". [ [http://www.alanrhody.com/bio.htm Alan Rhody biography] , AlanRhody.com]In recent years, Bill and Rosi Caswell performed at the September 30 to October 2, 1999 annual
Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival inGuthrie, Oklahoma .He is now retired and owns a
pecan orchard in his hometown of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.References
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